Mānawatia a Matariki! My #cartoon today #Matariki #NZpol

Here’s a closer screen shot 🤭😆 #nzpol

32 is on now - one of my personal faves. There is no depression in New Zealand - Blam Blam Blam. “we have no racism We have no sexism” Fuck it that it all still applies.

All across the motu yet the coalition govt is demonstrably in denial about climate change. We have been world leaders before & we should be world leaders again at this important & existential time in history. Dozens evacuated in Wairoa overnight after river banks burst www.rnz.co.nz/news/weather...

ah, the great Kiwi tradition of making sure any racist politician who tries to do PR on a marae ends up looking like a dick

Paul Klee - Sailing Ships Waiting Out the Storm 1917

RNZ’s Waiata 100 on right now is great. Should make it an annual tradition.

Nope, officially lost count of the number of States of Emergency in NZ this year www.rnz.co.nz/news/weather... The poor buggers

No toe is safe #cuddleUnit6

Kia ora, as we reflect on those we love who have passed We need to remember the ones still here We are all Whānau We are connected It isn’t by chance or choice We are Aotearoa and Aotearoa is us Happy new year whānau We are one and we are stronger together Kai kaha ❤️

The tinniest blep

Its time for people to realise that its the period between the disasters that will be remembered now, not the disasters themselves.

Where is this Mt Manganui NZ First are running this Voices for Freedom member Bay of Plenty Councillor who was at the Wellington parliament occupation?

NZ really is going to end up being the Shire in the end. Just not in the twee wishcasting way of tourism fantasies, but in the literal form of a pastoral backwater bounded by rivers where you have to travel miles out of your way to a crossing run by a ferryman to get in and out of regions.

Another one for the "Are we sure she's a real woman?" crowd...

I’m genuinely shocked that almost the entire Anglophone world is busy dismantling academia. The research and teaching missions of universities make them economic engines that pay for themselves several times over—all while building soft power essentially for free.

Another round of infrastructure-destroying storms. Not even a few months after the last round of destructive storms. These rain events are quarterly now. But no one in politics or media is prepared to say it

So Rural Women NZ made a submission against the stupid definitions Bill and they are getting massive backlash. From the likes of Ani as well as the anti Vax, cooker, farmer types. I have emailed my support to them. Give them some love?

Across Aotearoa, Workers’ pay declined by 1.3% in real terms from 2024 to 2025, while the top CEOs increased their pay by 45%. Top CEO Pay Increased 20 Times Faster Than Workers’ Pay In 2025 | Scoop News share.google/JQQZblhvqcij...

Name your fav song with a name in the title/lyrics. Shirley? Richard? Nah this one....... www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhmC...

I finished a great biography about Claire McCardell. She gave us pockets in dresses, the wrap dress & ballet flats among other things. The US had a Bureau of Home Ec; in 1941 it put out standardized women's clothing sizes. Unfortunately they used volunteers, and mainly thin white women volunteered.

Surrounded by te cute 🥰🇳🇿🐈

In case you wonder how such a neighbourhood may look like: a recently built neighbourhood, also in Utrecht, gives a good impression: -mixed high- and low density housing -lots of trees and green space -multiple playgrounds -ample space for walking and cycling

Expenditure records show the mayor’s office spent twice as much in one year as his predecessor Phil Goff, heavily utilising consultants for strategic advice. Todd Niall reports.

I mean come the fuck on.

I know this is daft, but it actually serves a purpose. It helps to 'weirdify' fascism, puncturing the narrative they want to create that their victory is inevitable and 'normal'. bsky.app/profile/ianf...

One thing that Vancouver already does right in their pedestrianized areas and generally in public spaces is the abundance of public seating. Put benches and tables everywhere you can. And shade devices. It’s not fancy, but it works. And bike racks. US public spaces have removed seating

Startling, even if his past history wasn’t an issue he was an uncivil racist boar at the music awards. Then there’s his text exchange with Bill English to stitch up Kainga Ora. He pretended his landlords weren’t family to make a political point. He’s an entitled nepo baby politician, it shows.

mostly heavy PR and a parliamentary gallery who want to be his mate make what conclusions you will about how that reflects on NZ's political reporters

Unfortunately, a stunned Paris is how they all got into this whole mess to begin with

It's all in the public domain, but I don't think people have fully absorbed just how much NZ First is now the party of the Covid antivaxxers and all the conspiracy theorists who orbit them, and how much worse this will get when Shane Jones becomes leader.

It's Matariki & there are so many bills! But this one undermines Māori & all NZers right to private action vs climate harm. Key words of the bill were drafted by firms who benefit but notes were lost/undisclosed-not a one-off staffer failing, this is a systemic NZ politics issue from no lobby regs

And this for the water policy Notice the punchy "Drink Swim Fish" message too

I can’t think of a better antidote to the politics in the UK right now than Count Binface beating Nigel Farage in this election… It could genuinely heal a nation.

Good grief. His hardship?? The misogynistic culture in the NZPolice has caused extreme hardship to thousands upon thousands of women for decades,but lets think of the hardship of perpetrators while ignoring what their ‘values’ and ‘culture’ has done to women #nzpol Another apple, same barrel.

This is going to be great tonight. It's not going to rain, but there'll be a wee southerly wind, so wrap up and come out. If you haven't seen Mā before, she's great. And then of course, Ladi6 and Half Queen. Wahine takin' over the strip.

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On this day, 9 July 1863: Māori communities living in South Auckland are driven from their lands, three days ahead of the invasion of Waikato. buttondown.com/unsettling/a...

When are people going to start connecting dots?? #nzpol

I mean you've got to laugh haven't you?

Homeless and hospitalised: The deadly impact of sleeping rough The Minister responsible is neither responsible or a decent human being. Lying about what his government is doing for rough sleepers. Move on orders are not help, fines aren’t help, jail isn’t help. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/...

For my sins, I read this whole article and it is literally "he said at the public meeting that he got a robotic lawnmower but we don't know what kind and also we asked Gemini about lawn size and mowers" and WHO IS THIS FOR "Quick, quick, humanise this deeply unpopular man any way we can"

My aunty in Wellington says her grandkids are constantly anxious and they cry whenever it starts to rain

"Of the country’s 18 listed RoNS, the $2.9b to $3.8b Wellington tunnels and Basin Reserve upgrade has the lowest benefit-to-cost ratio and is expected to cost more than the benefits it delivers" If Lab was govt, National & the media would be fucking crucifying them over this omnishambles tomfuckery

as a result of the NZ govt's "flood the zone" strategy in completely changing how science and universities are funded, it's been hard to keep track of exactly what's being done, even if one pays attention. ordinary kiwis have no idea that our government is killing off science funding

buried in this MBIE Q&A, the govt states they intend to shut down the Health Research Council (NZ's sole health funder). this will require parliament's OK incredibly, shutting down the Marsden Fund (NZ's sole basic-science funder) did not require any parliamentary input, so it's just gone #nzpol

How about this story from just three weeks ago, about how the nation's transport agency can only afford to fix one (1) more bout of storm damage given current funding: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361... Someone best tell Mother Nature: no more road-damaging extreme weather until 1 July 2027, thanks!

Didn't that weirdo Simon Watts write to councils recently to tell them off for planning worst case climate scenarios? It's such a reality vs ideology intersection, but the fools still choose their ideology and lika Lamia says, sooo exhausting for those of us in the reality based world

Are we really just going to have a severe storm every single fucking week and have politicians continue to pretend like climate crisis isn’t a thing cause I can’t take it anymore.